This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Saturday, April 21st, evening update.

Featured Bird is WHIMBREL and out of town, a SAGE THRASHER

Species mentioned:
Eared Grebe [Iona]
Greater White-fronted Goose [Serpentine Fen, Burnaby, Sea Island, Reifel]
Ring-necked Duck [Lost Lagoon]
Osprey [Deer Lake]
Peregrine Falcon [Terra Nova]
Sora [Terra Nova, Cheam Lake, Trout Lake]
Whimbrel [8 & 184 - Surrey]
Long-billed Curlew [Iona]
Western Sandpiper [Iona]
Least Sandpiper [Iona]
Short-billed Dowitcher [Beach Grove, Iona]
Long-eared Owl [Terra Nova]
Barred Owl [Deer Lake]
Pacific-slope Flycatcher [Campbell Valley Park]
Hammond's Flycatcher [QE Park]
Cliff Swallow [Serpentine Fen, Deer Lake]
Barn Swallow [Serpentine Fen, Deer Lake]
Townsend's Solitaire [Cecil Green, QE Park]
Hermit Thrush [Surrey, Burnaby Mtn.]
SAGE THRASHER [Sunshine Coast]
Black-throated Gray Warbler [Campbell Valley Park]
Townsend's Warbler [Campbell Valley park, QE Park]
Yellow-headed Blackbird [Serpentine Fen]

Sightings for Saturday, April 21st

50 WHIMBREL were noted in the 8th Avenue and 184th Street area of South
Surrey. Also in Surrey, at Sunnyside Woods were 2 HERMIT THRUSHES. Another
HERMIT THRUSH was seen on Burnaby Mountain.

At Campbell Valley Park were 2 PACIFIC SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, 1 TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER and 3 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS.

A survey of Terra Nova in Richmond tallied a LONG-EARED OWL, 2 PEREGRINE
FALCONS and a SORA. A SORA was also noted at Cheam Wetlands in Chilliwack.

A male RING-NECKED DUCK was at Lost Lagoon and at Beach Grove in Tsawwassen
there was an unusually high count of 305 dowitchers, most or all of which
were SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

Out of town on the Sunshine Coast, there was a SAGE THRASHER at Port
Stalashen, at the foot of Field Road in Wilson Creek, between Gibsons and
Sechelt.

Sightings for Friday, April 20th

A trip to Serpentine Fen produced 13 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, a
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, a CLIFF SWALLOW and 12 BARN SWALLOWS. In West
Vancouver was a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE.

Sightings for Thursday, April 19th

At Deer Lake, there was an OSPREY, a BARRED OWL, a CLIFF SWALLOW and a BARN
SWALLOW while at the lawn of Burnaby Municipal Hall was a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Near Lougheed Mall were two HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS and a
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER.

At MacDonald Slough near Sea Island was a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE while
at the nearby Iona South Jetty, there was a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and 2
EARED GREBES.

A BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was in the Green Timbers are of Surrey and at
Trout Lake in Vancouver was a SORA.

In a late report for April 17th, there were 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES at Cecil
Green at UBC. At Queen Elizabeth Park, there was another TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE, 3 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS and a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER. At the Iona
Ponds were 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS. On Iona Beach, there were 2 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS and 20 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. On the Iona North Arm Jetty were 5
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.

Thank You and Good Birding

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Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC
lawrencecowan at home.com